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Site recX
- Name: recX
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2698 MG1655 locus tag oraA Zaitsev et al. (orf near recA?) - Mnemonic: Recombination
- Left End Point: 60.79
- Right End Point: 60.80
- Products:
recA-binding protein, inhibits RecA recombinase and protease activities - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
recX773(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12080 EcoliWiki recX - Comment:
- discovered as small orf between recA and alaS. Inhibits RecA recombinase and coprotease activities
- References:
- Zaitsev, E., A. Alexseyev, V.A. Lanzov, L.H. Satin, A.J. Clark 1994. Nucleotide sequence between recA and alaSp in E. coli K12 and the sequence change in four recA mutations. Mutat.Res. 323:173-177
- Pages, V., N. Koffel-Schwartz, R.P. Fuchs 2003. recX, a new SOS gene that is co-transcribed with the recA gene in Escherichia coli. DNA Repair (Amst) 2:273-284
- Stohl, E.A., J.P. Brockman, K.L. Burkle, K. Morimatsu, S.C. Kowalczykowski, H.S. Seifert 2003. Escherichia coli RecX inhibits RecA recombinase and coprotease activities in vitro and in vivo. J.Biol.Chem. 278:2278-2285